September 11, 2020 Greatland, Newcrest to deliver initial resource at Havieron in Q4 2020 Newcrest’s ongoing drilling campaign at the Havieron deposit identified a new breccia zone open at depth and which continues to expand with further drilling.
September 11, 2020 Rio Tinto heads roll over sacred Aboriginal site destruction CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques, iron ore boss Chris Salisbury, and corporate affairs head Simone Niven will have to step down.
September 10, 2020 OceanaGold extends mine life, boosts reserves at Macraes Life of the Macraes operation now extends to 2028, with 240,000 ounces of reserves added.
September 10, 2020 Shareholder group seeks Fortescue moratorium on Australian cultural site damage The miner says the moratorium would disempower traditional owners, and it already has proper procedures in place.
September 10, 2020 Turquoise Hill stock tanks on Mongolia mine funding Turquoise Hill shares dropped 23% after controlling shareholder Rio Tinto announced a $500m debt deal for the troubled Oyu Tolgoi expansion.
September 10, 2020 BHP 30% by 2030 emissions reduction target fails to impress The miner has not set goals to cut its Scope 3 emissions — those indirectly generated by end-users.
September 9, 2020 Rio board to debate CEO’s future as pressure mounts over blasts Rio Tinto faces mounting pressure to respond more strongly to the destruction of ancient Aboriginal heritage sites in Australia.
September 9, 2020 Queensland University of Technology now hosts automated mineralogy system The university wants its new TESCAN TIMA automated mineralogy system to foster collaboration with industry and government bodies.
September 9, 2020 Resolute Mining scraps 2020 targets on Mali strike threat Resolute said unionized workers at its Syama gold mine plan to go on a 10-day strike if demands are not met.
September 8, 2020 Mining deal value down over $18bn due to pandemic GlobalData says mergers and acquisitions, despite a decent first quarter owing to deals involving gold, fell by 51.6% during the first half of 2020.
Codelco submits $1.3B plan to prolong Radomiro Tomic mine life to 2058 The proposal aims to boost the mine's capacity to an average of 725,000 tonnes per day, up from its current level of 675,000 daily tonnes. January 14, 2026 | 10:07 am